Getting into France's top schools

In the English-speaking world, having gone to Oxford or Harvard carries a special cachet. The France have their elite schools, too, and the competition is fierce.

This article gives you the inside scoop on the "classes préparatoires" which prepare you to compete for a spot in the top business and engineering schools.

This part of the article describes the workload.

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